Hourly locations and survival data of Nilgai Antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) in South Texas

Wildlife play an important role in the emergence of livestock diseases and their movements can complicate disease management efforts. One of the most significant vector-borne diseases of livestock worldwide is bovine babesiosis, spread by cattle fever ticks, Rhipicephalus (=Boophilus) microplus and R. (B.) annulatus. Although cattle fever ticks were eradicated from the U.S. by 1943, bovine babesiosis and cattle fever ticks are prevalent in México. Recently, management of cattle fever ticks in the Texas-México region has been complicated by the presence of free-ranging, exotic nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus). Nilgai are abundant, are competent hosts for cattle fever ticks, and make long-distance movements. The goal of this study was to better understand nilgai movements and space use to inform cattle fever tick treatment strategies. We analyzed hourly locations from 40 GPS-collared nilgai in Cameron County, TX, USA, from April 2019–September 2020. We assigned each nilgai a move..., Nilgai_41: Data are hourly locations from 40 nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) from 1 April 2019 through 30 September 2020. Time span varies for most individuals due to recapture and removal of collars to deploy elsewhere or mortality event. Easting and northing are WGS 84, zone 14.
Nilgai_movement_caps: Locations of 21 Nilgai for the 60-day period centered on capture. Nilgai were captured using aerial net-gunning.
Nilgai_movement_ID: contains the sex and age information for individuals in the Nilgai_movement_caps dataset.
Nilgai_sirvival_data: Survival data for 125 captured nilgai for 30 days where day 0 is day of capture. Nilgai were captured using aerial net-gunning.,